Monday, September 10, 2012

"You're a Receipt"

            (MRS. HO is putting together a diorama.  WESTWARD confronts her.)

WESTWARD
Mother, the last pottery play . . . I think it was just a receipt.

MRS. HO
            (Not looking up)
I think you’re a receipt.

WESTWARD
We have to be more careful if we---

MRS. HO
You’re the one who does the posts.

            (She makes the final adjustments.  It’s a beautiful diorama---a garden scene like
            the ones Sunny saw in the provinces.)

            THE END.